Chaeles hopkins van oeden



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HOPKINS VAN ORDEN, OF OATSKILL, NEW YORK.

TRUNK-HARNESS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,139, dated Augustso, 1887. Application tiled July 12. 188.7. Serial No. 244,080. (X0model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HoPKIN's VAN ORDEN, of Catskill, in thecounty of Greene and. State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Trunk-Harness, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention consists of a binding device or harness for trunks, boxes,&c., said harness having such construction as to be adapted to compass atrunk, chest, box, or similar device, and to have a tightening strap orrope applied to it for easily drawing the harness tightly upon theobject to which it is applied.

Reference-is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisfspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk or chest having myinventionapplied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same.

A A represent two straps passed around the ends of the trunk or chest B.The ends of these straps are connected together by a buckle, a, or otherconvenient device,whereby the said straps may be adjusted to suit trunksor boxes of different sizes. Connected to the straps A A, each side oftheir centers,are the two longitudinal straps, O (l, of a lengthsuitable to reach from the top of the lid of the trunk down the ends andalong the bottom of the trunk. The straps A vA are connected in thecenter between the longitudinal straps G O by a tightening device, D,which may be a single strap or cord; but I prefer to use a strap or lineof considerable length, secured at one end, as at d, to one of thestraps A, and thence wrapped several times back and forth around thestraps A A, as shown in Fig. 1. By means of this tightening device thestraps A and 0 may, by the outlay of very little strength, be drawn Verytightly upon the trunk, chest, or box, so as to strengthen and supportit in all directions,and particularly at i the corners where most of thestrain in hand-' ling and transportation comes.

Instead of using straps of leather in the manufacture of the harness, asshown, I may use webbing, rope, or any suitable material for thepurpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The device herein shown and described for binding trunks, 8m, consistingof the two straps A, fastened around the ends of the trunk and twolongitudinal straps, 0, connected to two straps A some distance apart,and the tightening-strap D,applied to the two straps A between thejunotures of the straps O with the straps A, as and for the purposes setforth.

CHARLES HOPKINS VAN ORDEN.

Witnesses:

ASA L. J oNEs, JAS. B. ToLLEY.

